<esc>

Escape

Causes text to be passed directly to the run-time help files without being interpreted by HelpTag.

Syntax. 

   <esc>text<\esc>

Or:

   <esc|text|

If the long form is used, the text cannot contain the three-character sequence <\x (the less-than symbol followed by a backslash followed by a letter). The <\esc> end tag is required.

If the short form is used, the text cannot contain the vertical bar character (|).

Example.  The following markup:

   <esc|characters !! or \|

produces:

<esc|characters !! or \|

See Also.